woncoolone

bblhed

You might do well to look at past sales of this computer. While I have one and I am quite happy with it, I as well as others have had problems with the WiFi card that these machines come with and how it sucks.

dexterfly

You can get the next generation version of this laptop brand new for only $10 more ($5 if you factor in free shipping) from best buy. The battery life is better 4-5 hours depending on use but not great as would be expected at this price point.

dallasguy

dexterfly wrote:You can get the next generation version of this laptop brand new for only $10 more ($5 if you factor in free shipping) from best buy. The battery life is better 4-5 hours depending on use but not great as would be expected at this price point.

The "next generation" one you pointed out has a n2815 celeron which is much slower than the 1007u processor in this computer. I can't understand why Asus would put such a slow processor in their "new" model.

mjhead

Bought what looked like this 'puter, back in March. Only difference was the HD: 320G vs 500G for this one. Price was ~$250, and looked like a great replacement for my ASUS netbook, which has been a good machine, but the ATOM processor is slo-o-ow. This machine is much faster, and the battery, while it would be desirable to have something better, is still good for a two-hour plane ride. Thing is, the Bluetooth advertised in the March offer, wasn't actually there. Woot gave me a credit and I purchased a Bluetooth USB dongle, so I have sacrificed one of the USB ports so I may utilize a BT mouse (trackpads are a pain) Also took me awhile to figure out how to turn off the track pad, which otherwise really messes with keyboard use, since you are going to inadvertently be bumping it all the time. Anyway, be ready for this not to actually have BT.

All that said, the worst part of this is dealing with Windows 8.1, but one may use the touch screen in some really helpful ways, and maybe I will get used to it over time. It has been a reliable machine so far.

dexterfly

dallasguy wrote:The "next generation" one you pointed out has a n2815 celeron which is much slower than the 1007u processor in this computer. I can't understand why Asus would put such a slow processor in their "new" model.

Possibly. The processor in the newer model has a faster clock speed but a lower cache. Link for the new model processor to compare:

sdc100

dallasguy wrote:The "next generation" one you pointed out has a n2815 celeron which is much slower than the 1007u processor in this computer. I can't understand why Asus would put such a slow processor in their "new" model.

It happens quite often. Asus determined that buyers of this subnotebook value battery life more than speed so this updated the model with a less power hungry CPU. It makes sense since only mobile users would buy such a small computer.

ultrawolf

dallasguy wrote:The "next generation" one you pointed out has a n2815 celeron which is much slower than the 1007u processor in this computer. I can't understand why Asus would put such a slow processor in their "new" model.

edeco79

sdc100 wrote:It happens quite often. Asus determined that buyers of this subnotebook value battery life more than speed so this updated the model with a less power hungry CPU. It makes sense since only mobile users would buy such a small computer.

I have an older netbook with an AMD C-50 and it is so slow that on numerous occasions I have been tempted to smash the thing to pieces just to be rid of it and make myself buy something faster (however, it does play flawless 1080p video with Media Player Classic which utilizes DXMA, but on EVERY other task like even basic email checking is it beyond belief slow). Yes, it has good 4-5 hour battery life but the time wasted is staggering. I no longer use it for anything but to feed videos to a big TV at a friends house who uses Macs which also drive me nuts. Anyway, I will gladly trade away battery life for power.

sdc100

Especially if you mostly websurf, wordprocess, email, etc. You probably won't notice the difference in CPU speed since the CPU is often idle waiting for mouse movement or key presses in those applications.

mreynolds179

I bought one during the last wootoff and had to return it because of a large area of dead pixels. I liked the idea of it with full size HDMI and Ethernet port but couldn't get over the cheapness of the touchpad. I ended up getting a Transformer T100 which should meet my needs better for traveling.

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